A Case of COVID-19 Patient with False-negative for SARS-CoV-2 of Pharyngeal Swab, from a Chinese traveller Returning from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, January 2020.

We report a case of patient in Japan with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with false-negative of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 of pharyngeal swab, from a Chinese traveller returning from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. If a patient is clinically or epidemiologically suspected of COVID-19, appropriate infection and prevention control measures such as standard, contact, and droplet precaution are needed until the patient is proven to be true-negative.
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Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - May 28, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ishikane M, Miyazato Y, Kustuna S, Suzuki T, Ide S, Nakamura K, Morioka S, Katano H, Suzuki T, Ohmagari N Tags: Jpn J Infect Dis Source Type: research